Virginia District 6 Candidates

Barry A. Klinger and Austin Reed, October 2022

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Democratic Challenger: Jennifer Lewis

"In addition to her long standing opposition to the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley Pipelines, Jennifer supports reforming FERC, prioritizing clean and renewable energy, rejecting contributions from Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power and other fossil fuel industries. Our priorities should be removing our dependency on fossil fuels and moving towards a clean energy future. Jennifer supports achieving 100% clean and renewable energy by 2050."

https://www.friendsofjenniferlewis.com/issues

Republican Incumbent: Ben Cline

Voted to:

• Block rejoining Paris Climate Accord;
• Build Keystone XL pipeline;
• Maintain energy production on federal land;
• Expedite natural gas export;
• Increase oil and gas production.

https://cline.house.gov/issues/energy

Opposed Infrastructure Bill spending on adding green energy to the electric grid, expanding electric vehicle charging, public transit, "climate resilience", and "intermittent and expensive energy sources".

https://cline.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/cline.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/Letter%20to%20Administrator%20Pollack%20-%20Signatures%20v.2.pdf